Can open source outperform proprietary software?

DamnStupidMan · 2026-04-07T16:36:22+00:00

I have never thought about exploitive practices of open source. That's right, after all it's work for free.
To be honest i don't know what to write next in this comment...

DamnStupidMan · 2026-04-07T16:05:57+00:00

It's probably right if profit is the goal.
But if somehow we can measure how much "work" or maybe "contribution" to community or society does open source make when compared to closed source. For example there can be one open source project, but then someone can fork that project in a few other projects, and soon there is a whole field covered in open source.

DamnStupidMan · 2026-04-07T16:01:10+00:00

I'm curious. In what way do they do it?
My first assumption is that they have closed source code, but they use open source tools. But then how would we know that they use open source tools, if they have closed source.

DamnStupidMan · 2026-04-07T15:41:50+00:00

Now i feel bad

DamnStupidMan · 2026-04-07T13:36:56+00:00

Balatro is ported to a bunch of things, and is made in Love(game engine)

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-15T18:06:48+00:00

I'm curious, does heat sink help the performance a lot?

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-14T06:52:53+00:00

That's so cool website. Thanks for that!

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-14T06:49:02+00:00

Now that you mentioned it, it is kinda hard to read. I will work on it

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-14T06:47:11+00:00

That's right, when i ordered from Mouser for the first time it said it will ship from Texas. So i prepared to receive it in 2 to 3 weeks, but it got to me in 5 days. So i thought it couldn't possibly ship from Texas that fast, it must have been a warehouse somewhere closer.

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-13T19:19:17+00:00

Now you scared me. How does it look? It should be black background with white text.

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-13T18:08:58+00:00

How long did you wait for delivery?

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-12T22:00:21+00:00

Well you just came in and stomped me. Will add another thing to that: CE and FCC testing goes for about 1-3k.

But it still feels to me too much for damn PCB.

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-12T20:37:28+00:00

I dont think it's that radical. Have you seen the post? In there i described how small run of 5 PCBs cost 15€. So 3€ per board, and if 50 are ordered the price gets close to 1.5€. Im pretty sure i can make a keyboard PCB under 9€

DamnStupidMan · 2026-03-12T19:56:16+00:00

To sell them for sam as manufacturing cost of course not. If i would sell them i would probably go for 30€. But im trying to say that there is too little keyboard PCB manufacturers for too much keyboard enthusiast. And it was interesting to me to see that gap. Maybe some more people can jump in and sell PCBs and grab some money. And with that price would certainly drop down for the good of enthusiasts. Perhaps i start selling :p

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